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STEAM COM MIJNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. PUBLIC MEETING AT BRISTOL. (BY EXPRESS.) • BRISTOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUN"! 7, 1538. Pursuant to a requisition to the Mayor, signed by the principal mer chants and citizens of this city, a Public Meting was held this day in the Guildhall. Among the gentlemen present were—Peter Yr aze,"T. Kingt on Bailey, J. E. Lune!, J. B. Clarke, W. S. Jacques, Daniel Cave, Robert Bright, Samuel Waring, Wm. P. King, Charles Pinney, S. Guppy, J. Harding, G. Webb Hall, Peter F. Aiken, Win. Claxton, Esquires. The meeting was highly respectable, and appeared deeply interested in the proceedings, and most cordial in their approval of the resolutions which were proposed, an a carried with acclamation. At half past 12 o'clock the Worshipral the Maeost took the Chair, and having read the requisition calling the meeting, rose and said—He felt himself bound, as the C'aief Magistrate and a citizen of Bristol, under a deg) sense of grar.tucle, to express his delight at the kindnesses received by the master and crew of the Great Western steam-ship, during their late visit and. Sojourn at New York, on the occasion of their arrival in the first , e,,eam vessel from the port of Bristol,'and that too in the imparal_ lell'ed period of fourteen days —a speed never before heard or thought 'el; and but for the high and enterprising spirit of Bristol citizens, would probably never have taken place. lie was very much pleased to think that the intercourse between the Old and New World was" about to be cemented by bonds of friendship and mutual goodwill, as well as by those of a trading and commercial nature. We are all, in truth, members of one family—all of the same race, of kindred blood and kindred spirit—why, therefore, when within so short a journey (accom plished as we now see it can be in within so short a period of time, and which it is probable may be even moreshorteried) should we not use our best exertions to promote and cultivate the objects which each side of the Atlantic must have in view ?—(Cheers.) We see from what has lately been stated here and elsewhere, that New York and the Country around it, presents on every side the evidence of continued favour, under whose auspices it has gradually risen from a feeble itnd dependant State to the prosperous and flourishinemetropolis of a powerful confederacy. The people are blessed with domestic tranquillity, and all the elements of national prosperity. The industry and prudence of the citizens of New York, and of the States generally, are gradually relieving them from the late embarrassment. under which portions have laboured. Judicious legislation, and the natural and boundless resources of the country, affording wile and timely aid to that private enterprise and activity always, as he had read and believed, so Characteristic of the American people, will soon cause her prosperity to flow in its usual and profitable channels. Can there, then, be a moment's hesitation that the family circle on this side the water, good old Bristol, taking the lead, should do all that could be done to promote the friendly intercourse again began, in the kindness shown by the other branch of the family circle on the other side of the water to the master and crew of the Great Western steamer ? Ought they not, 'having only one wish, one object—mutual good and mutual advantage-- in view, to exert the energies developed on all occasions in the hearts and feelings of Bristolians to foster and facilitate the communication with such a boundless country, having such resources and such feelings towards them ? As a humble citizen, unconnected with trade or COl.- merce, except as a professional man, having an in.l.erest in the welfare of Bristol-7 - es; he regarded the City of Bristol—regarded and honoured its citizens with every feeling oF respect and gratitude. Let us have but one opinion, and all join heart and hand for the prosperity of Bristol. Let all envy, hatred, arid uncharitableness he driven from our thoughts, and let there be but one voice, and that a good one, in echoing "a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," to unite the citizens, merchants, and traders of Bristol and New York —(Hear.) Let it be the rallying point this day ; and he should be permitted in con clusion to say that he felt assured that the meeting would rpspond to him in heartily wishing " Success to the Citizens of Bristol and New York," and he hoped that the undertaking now commenced, through the me dium of the Great Western Steam Ship Company, would engender good works and advantage to both cities. He would now be happy to hear any observation from any gentlornan about to speak. His Worship re sumed his seat amidst lotecheers. Darsier. Cis r, Esq., in rising to move the first resolution said, it was not until yeste alay that his attention had been directed to tl c meeting, and he would candidly runless that WI:or It was so directed his state of health disinclined hi:n much icons attending it ; hut when he reflected upon the great importance of the 'meeting, and the pleasing character of it, he was induced to coe.e forw".rd ; and, indeed the same reasons had in duce t him to consent to take charge of the resolution which had just been put into his hands. Htnve'rer,before reading the resolution, he wouldpre_ face it with a few preliminary remarks. Who amongst us, said the Hon. Gentleman, has not read with thrilling interest the account of the voyage o: the, ~real discoverer of America, over the untravelled waves of the A tlamit, when surrounded by a ship's company disposed to acts of mutio.3 he was support e d b y hi s own undaunted mind, and by on fail; Confidence in those calculations on which he Itased the expect., tin's of discovering a new passage to the Indies ? Who has not felt with him that, in the words of the poet— " We tread his deck, Ascend his topmast, through his peering eyes Discover countries ; with a kindred heart Suffer his woes, and share in his escapes."--(Cheers.) Next to that voyage, and second only to it in the annals of navigation, will be classed those voyages by steam which we have recently seen so successfully accomplished,—(Cheers) We may say, comparatively speaking, th a t we h are annihilated time and space in our intercourse with the Uoited States, and the importance which the citizens of the latter attach to the achievement has been shown by the shouts of joyful acclamation with which the countless thousands of New York hailed the approac:n of the steam-ships. By such intercourse the bands of kindly feeling and amity between these two great countries will be drawn much closes. These observations, Sir, are, however, general in their nature ; there art others that apply more personally to ourselves, and refer more immediately to the objects of this day's meeting. Let any one observe Os, the globe the geograpnical position of Bristol. From Lundy Island, I understand, a yi.ssel may point her way direct to the metropolis or the Western World, and except driven aside by adverse elements, need not vary her course. Nay, from a still nearer point, even from the Holmes, does she possess the same advantage, Then, Sir, her backward course lies through one of the finest estuaries in the world, to her desired haven; which, when our brother of America has rescued, will he not find some of the most beautiful scenery of beautiful England ?—(Cheers) And when gratified with the inspec tion of this scenery, bur hours will take hint through the unique and beautiful city of Bath t o th e capital of the world —(Cheers ) 'We are, Sir, in my opinion, justly ent i tled to reclaim a portion of the personal and commercial intercourse formerly existing between Bristol and America—rsay a portion, because we have no wish to monopolize ; but let us make an effo:t to recover that placed at our doors. The way to accomplish this le, as you, Sir, have justly observed, by a long pull, 4 strong pull, and 3 pull altogether;—(Cheers) —by that spirit in which all great and corthined efforts must be made, and which so made, sel dom fail. Vrtiett we reflect on the extensive population of Bristol, on the credit she has acquired in commercial dealings, and on the great share of opulence she possesses, I am persuaded that only energy and unity arc requ'isite titer success. There are other considerations, Sir, which apply to this great and momentous question ; considerations of pinto. sophs., sanctified by religion ; but I feel that this is not the place to en. large on such a topic. The remarks I have made are merely the spon taneous effusion of the moment, and I will not tiesdass further 03 your time than to read the resolution. CHARLES PINNEY, Esq., said, it afforded him great pleasure to second the resolution which tied been so eloquently proposed by D. Cave, Earl e and it afforded him great pleasure also to behold the Chief Ma gistrate of the city presiding on that interesting occasion, and at witness ing a meeting of individuals of every opinion, unitirg their energies for one great object—the improvement of their native eity.—(Cheers) It is also, Sir, added Mr. Pinney, with much pleasure, that I see you pre siding as the Chief Magistrate, to pay a deserved compliment to our brethren in America, for the manner in which they received our first efforts to promote a more extended and speedy intercourse between the two countries. I remember hearing in a lecture room in this city that a merchant of Bristol was the first to discover the shores of the continent of America, and we may now add that the merchants of Bristol have been the first to essay and to achieve the passage by steam to the same shores.—(Cheers.) It is, Sir, matter of additional gratification that the result of this enterprise will be not only to draw closer the bonds of union between our former fellow subjects and ourselves--all sprung front the same common stock—but to advance the interests of the whole human race. No one can tell the effects to be produced by extension of steam navigation. When we have passed England, there are the great rivers of India open to steam. There are also the rivers of Africa, and if we could only get rid of that blight of mankind —the slave trade—(Cheers)—who can tell the advances in civilization that must arise from the employment of steam in penetrating the interior of that vast continent. When we look at this and when we look at Liver pool—which was but a poor paltry village when Bristol was a large city —extending in size and opulence through the public spirit of its inha bitants, we may hope by the exercise of the same spirit to recover the rank we formerly enjoyed. One thing naturally leads to another ; when we have accomplished the passage we must find accommodation for our vessels, and accommodation for their passengers. In doing this there will be no disunion amongst us; for we shall be better employed than in wasting our time and resources in party politics; all our energies will be united to promote that which is valuable rather than that which is - valueless.—(Cheers.) I cordially second the resolution, and I hope that carried on with energy and spirit, the results of this great undertaking will extend much further that at present contemplated. The resolution was then put from the Chair, and adopted by the meet ing kith loud acclamations. T3ONIAS KINGTON BAILEY, Esq., said he rose to propose to the meet. in g the next resolution, which had just been put into his hands. He felt so convinced of his incompetency to do justice to it, and so satisfied of the superior ability of the gentleman who would have to second it, that he would content himself by merely reading it,—(Cheers.) PETER Amex, Esq., then rose to second the resolution, and said he doomed it a privilege to which he had no right, because among the vari. cats objects which claimed attention for that for which the meeting was assembled, was one in which he had not been able to bear a part, He uirderstood that the Directors had declined coming forward on 'this occasion—therefore he was qualified to come forwa.rdess-lie was in fact qualified to address the meeting, because he had en share in the merit which belonged tc them, lie hoped also to receive the attention of that meeting on another ground, with which they would fully svm pathize—ao sincere desire for the success of every undertaking tending to promote the prosperity of the city and the welfare of mankind.— (Cheers.) The successful passage of the Great Western steamship across the Atlantic was riot a circumstance to excite curiosity and won der alone, and then to be forgotten aaahl the crowd of passing events— it would be memorable in the history of Bristol and.° f the world, by which the mercantile interest was raised above the low and sordid pun. suit of gain s With such narrow views an enterprise of that magnitude and (10,11<til success would never have been conceived and executed. It e " - ....oraccd the prosperity and honour of this city and nation, by at_ i 'senpting the solution of the grand problem of crossing the Atlantic with steam, and the ulterior and comprehensive designs of good which it un folded.- Commerce wets deeply indebted to science, and that aid he would not disparage; but, on the other hand, commerce encouraged science, and brought it down from the lofty heights of speculation to works of practical utility. There was a case in which some of the votaries of Philosophy uttered a gloomy and despairing predictions. But com mercial enterprise, with unabated ardour, persevered and proved that what philosophers had declared impracticable was possible, and had been - gloriously achieved. Thus by what had been eloquently termed a " Seaborne continuation of the Great Western Railway over the At lantic Ocean," we might stem the tide of the majestic Severns of the United States, and her citizens might visit, what they called affec tionately their father land, and there he knew they would be welcomed as sons and brethren, and as friends. The most delightful feature of the underresking was, in truth, l i the facility which it gave to their snore pre clus.:nt visits, to a closer intercourse between the two greatest nations of the new and the old world. Had not many of their American brethren esrried with them the language, the manners, and many of the free in stitutions or our country into the new world ? Had they not, with Bri tish perseverance, converted an inhospitable wilderness into a great and prosperous agricultural and commercial empire. Does not America supply the material of the chief manufacture of England.—(Cheers.) Having these: bonds! of union, the two nations ought never to have been divided, and I have always (continued Mr. Aiken) regarded the differences which formerly existed between them, as civil war, to be abhorred and deprecated by all right minded Englishmen, and all me mory of which I hope will mon be as comptetely effaced as any of the once famous c eitests between th e red and white roses of England, that HOW flourished together in peace.--.(Cheers) Of that kind oblivion of the Pay, of that amicable and generous feeling, a pleasing in stance has hem afforded in the joy and exultation with which the arrival of our vessel ha; been hailed at New York, and in the hoe. pi salty with which the ofkfcrs and passe:V:4 had been entertained, I 1 am sure the feelings in this country arc reciprocal, and I hope that these two great rations will henceforth combine their energies to promote their mutual happiness, and to preserve the peace of the world. — (Applause.) Bat steam navigation having succeeded on so vast a scale will unite other countries besides England and America, and it is impossible to foresee the great results which it may accorn. plish. The lust of power and military glory had been overruled to pro mote tuitional intercourse, and advance the interests of humanity. But we have now learned a better way to civilice, than by vanquishing and oppressing our fellow men. Commerce, aiscl her sister Navigation, had done, and would do far more than the sword, to improve the world. But in those arts and enterprizes, the ancients, who in some respects excelled tie, Were greatly our inferiors. They dreaded the waves of the Adriatic, and with ships little better than canoes, scarcely ventured be yond the peaceful waters of the Mediterranean. The matinees corn- pass enabled Columbus to accomplish his grand discovery. The next great step was navigation by steam, to the country which Columbus ex plored ; and this man, who seems to be formed to inhabit only the solid land, uses fire to work the vast powers of machinery, launches with it into the bosom of the deep, sits secure amid elements which uncentrolled would destroy him, and boldly copes with the billows of the ocean, and suc cessfully struggles against its stormy winds.—(Chess.) Does not this sway over the elements prove the vast superiority of mind. " 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us" destined to surmount the material world and to survive its ruins. Such power is not committed to us in vain. We would speak of it not boastfully but with the humility which be comes feeble but honoured instruments in the hands of the Great Ruler of the Universe, svho by such means deigns to effect His vast designs. We are bound to employ it, to spread knowledga, Christianity, civilization, and so to promote the creature's happiness, and the Creator's glory.—(Loud cheers ) G. W. Faxametsr, Esq., in rising to propose the next resolution, wished he could speak in support of the re solution he held in his hand with the fluency of the gentleman who hail just sat down. He would read the resolution, and in conclusion woul dsey that that was an arena which brought all parties together; and the subject of the meeting was one in which all parties could feel an interest. It brought together gentlemen of every political feeling. He blushed to say he had done but very little to accomplish that bold enterprise which the Directors had entered into, but he would assure that meeting that he would be happy, if it were possible for him to do so, to take fifty shares in that Company. A great deal had been said, and its which he fully coincided, of the in. valuable use of steam communication between Bristol and New York, He hoped that it would not be deemed irrelevant, if he adverted as a proof of the great utility and advantage of steam communication to Bristol, he would observe, and he knew there were several gentlemea present would confirm that (minion, that the greaser part of the trade between Bristol and the West of England for the last seven years had been retained principally through the use of steamers which had been engaged in that trade.—(llear, hear.) SAMUEL WARING, Esq., rose to second the resolution, and said though there were not many of the Directors of the Great Western, present, yet he (Mr. W.) thought that meeting ought to thank them for their services. He thought there was too much cold calculation .imeiig the citizens generally—too much attention paid to the probable returns of a first experiment. If the Directors of the Great Western Ship Company had looked to this only, they never would have embarked in this undertaking.--(Hear, hear.) lie hoped all the citizens would corn. forward and join in this cause; that tho-c who could would take shares from Ito 50 each—it was a matter of common interest; all were coo cerned, it would facilitate the social and commercial intercourse between the two countries. He had a relative residing in Philadelphia, from whom he had received a letter, in which he said that as soon as he heard of the arrival of the Great Western at New York, he paid her a visit, and was so pleased with the result of her experimental voya:e, and de lighted with the ship, that he determined to visit England once mote ; he had visited England once, and he had looked upon it as a thing to be done only once in his life. Now, he (Mr. Waring) had no doubt that many similar instances would occur, and thus many would he induced to visit England, who never would have done so but for this steam com munication. Ile hoped the citizens of Bristol would take up the mat. ter with becoming spirit. He concluded by again thanking the Direc tors, and seconding the resolution, J. B. CLARK, Esq , after reading the next resolution, said—l think that the modesty of the parties concerned must have had influence in inditing the resolution, or they would have put it esore strong'y ; and I should he inclined to make an addition—that the well-digested plans, and coca calculations of the Directors--who were not above taking ad. vice who. ever proffeied—have berm, by the blessing of God, flee means of bringing this experiment to a successful issue —(Cheers ) Mr. Clarke then dwelt upon the objections made by scientific persons to the scheme, objections shown to be futile by the determination and perseverance of thepractical men of Bristol. The question now is, are we to go ferward or stand still ? The gentlemen in the North are pleased with our success, but they are jealous of our enters,: ire. They 'egret they were not the first, anti if they had been the first, depend upon it you would never have been the second.—(Hear.) Shall we keep and increase the advantage we have gained we hare another ship or not ? The answer to this must depend on the means furnished to the Directors ; and if you heglect the present opportunity, your children after you will say you have net done your duty. The resolution was seconded by W. TOTIIILL, Esq., and passed with great applause Jon N HARDINCi, Esq.—As a native and resident of B r i s t o l , it wou ld be strange indeed if I did not take a lively interest, and view with feelings of no ordinary gratification, the rapid stride which Bristol has taken, in order to place herself in thet position to which her wealth, her postulation, and her importance, so well entitle her to aspire. It is plain from the reception which was g i ven to the captain and crew of the vessel which came from this port. that the people of New York are not prejudiced against us, in faveur of any other port; that they are not shackled and tied down, but that where a just claim for their support is established, there they are willing and anxious to bold cut the right hand of fellowship.—( ['mud cheers ) Too mtech preise cannot be given to the Directors who hare presichd over this great undertaking, and I feel great pleasure in conssra totaling them and my fellow-citizens on the triumphant voyages which their vessel has performed. The whole city may now be said to be em. barked in a new enterprise, and I do hope that all will come forward in its support, and the keel of another vessel will be at once laid down (Cheers ) We have done too much to retrograde : other ports will not be content with one stall, neither will we. But this cannot be done' without means and when we leave this meeting, it will be, I trust, with tire determination of doing all its our mover to assist the Company. We must all consider that the rubicon is passed ; that if we now recede we shall be held up to scorn and ridicule, but if we go on with vigour it will not be long before our native city will a' tain flue very highest state of commercial prosperity.—(Cheers ) Mr. Harding concluded by se. conding the resolution; which having been carried amidst loud cheers, P. MAZE, Esq., on behalf of the Directors, said—l beg, Sir, to state that the Directors and myself fesl most deeply the honour bestowed upon us by your presiding here this day, and by the countenance and approbation of the gentlemen whom I see around me. There is rio merit due to myself; it was merely by accident that I became Chairman of the Directors; hut I have felt great happiness in being associated ith them, knowing as I do that they arc men of talent, science, and character. But it is not to the Directors that the merit is chiefly due; it is to those gentlemen whom I see around me, and who have given us their countenance and support. To Mr. Claxton a great debt is due, he has been most indefatigable, but indeed every gentleman connected with the undertaking, as well as the Directors, has done his best, When I recoilect that a short time ago, learned philosophers who rove about like bees to gather knowledge, came here and told us our scheme was impracticable, I cannot but rejoice that the minds of the Disec• tors were too strong to be frightened by their tales, and that they cots. tinned their exertions till success crowned their efforts, and we are now enab'ed to regard those same learned bees as mere buzzers, without power to sting.—(Laughter and cheers.) But our object, gentlemen, is yet far from being fully accomplished; we are looking forward to an increase ; our vessel bias accomplished her voyages, it is true, in a manner which has exceeded the expectations of many, but still the land is olds just ploughed, and we now call on the citizens of Bristol to strew plentifully into the furrows that we opened the good seed, which is ere long to spring up and show to her the rich fields of an abun dant prosperity. Its regarding the channels which are now opening to us, I do not look to our rivalling other ports, I look to our own pros perity—and we have the means of insuring it within ourselves, with out taking front others. In proportion as we render the great bulk of the population more comfortable, by giving them better clothing, by educating and raising them in the moral scale, the greater will be the consumption of manufactures and the general increase of our com merce. I have no wish to rival Liverpool or London , there is room for all. Commerce is like the blood which circulates through our sys tem, let but the healthful current flow freely to each member, and the whole body is better.—(Cheers,) Bristol has now an opportunity of doing good, not only to herself, but to all mankind ; she entrusted the Directors of this Company with one talent and they now tender to her two, and I do trust that when gentlemen leave this meeting a n d put their hands into their pockets they will feel the necessity and import ance of pulling something out for the support of the Great Western Steam Ship Company.—(Cheers.) Mr. M. then paid a warm tribute to the talents of Mr. Brunel, from whom the Company had received so much assistance, and after again thanking the meeting sat down amidst loud cheers. G. W. HALL, Esq., rose to move the appointment of the Committer, and said—lt may be needful to state why so humble an individual as myself presumes to take part in the present important proceedings, but the fact was I was asked to move a resolution, and I consented without a moment's hesitation. I have had the disadvantage In one sense of hearing all that has been said by previous speakers, because they have taken away the few ideas which I collected, and I havv had the opportunity also of watching the progress of tine meeting, anti I have been questioning my self, if an adequate response had been made to the rail which the noble and enterprising Gentlemen who set on first this undertaking have made upon us—l cannot say that lam satizned with the spirit which has been displayed, but this is to be accounted for from the arrangements of the meeting placing in the bads ground those gentlemen to whom I have al luded. I feel that t i . Sis subject, as it regards the citizens of Bristol, may be divided int's two branches-- I fulls appreciate the sentiments of a previcatS, speaker, that the results of this undertaking will be to form a. Common ground of harmony and good_will between the hitherto distant nations ; that it will do much towards promoting peace arid civilization; but peace It asstentially of a passive nature, and oh its peaceful and quiet stem wt muss graft a stock of a sterner and a tougher growth, a stock -of energy and perseverance, not to be baffled by the winds or waves of the Atlantic, a spirit which will carry us onward, taking science, tested by yractice, as our handmaid, in the noblest warfare man ever yet engaged in ; not in a warfare where man pierces Isis fellow. man, but a combat, the issue of which snakes us conquerors over the elements thenselves.— (Cheers.) The Great Western Steam Company have been our pioneers —they have placed themselves in the front of the battle, and they have a right now to eall on us for our support, and I will do now publicly, what I have done before privately, tender to the Directors my best thanks her their exertions. If I might be allowed to offer one word of ad vice to the Directors, I would say to them do not despise small things; there are many here who could not do those large things which must have been done at first, but who are desirous of assisting in the work, and as it is said that is the firmest and strongest cab e which is composed of the greatest number of strands, so, say I, let your stares be as numerous as possible, for then every individual will feel a personal interest in the undertaking, and will be bound up and twisted together as it were with its success. Mr. H. then said he had the good fortune to be at Liverpool when their talented fellow-citizen, Mr. Thomas Guppy, so completely discomfited Dr. Lardner on the question of steam navigation to America; and after paying a well merited compliment to the former gentleman, he continued :—lt is now about seven years ago since I was present in this place at a meeting convened by similar spirited gentlemen to those who have called us to gether to.day, to ask for the opening of the East India Trade, and as I was going down the Channel in the Great Western the other day, we met the St. George from India coming up, and the same tug vessel which was taking us to the shores of the New World brought bark to our city the richly-freighted argosy from the Old.—(Cheers.) And has the city reaped no fruits from the India trade ? Look, I say, to those splendid warehouses at the bottom of Prince's-street.—(Cheers.) After some further observations, in which Mr. H. complimented the Mayor on his unceasing endeavours to benefit tMs fellow-citizens by practising and preaching a spirit of harmony and good will, he sat down amid great ap plause, by moving— " That a Committee he formed consisting of the Chairman and thee Movers and Seconders of these resolutions with power to add to their numbera, to carry into effect the spirit of the above resolutions, by whom a tender of co-operation shall be made to the Directors in such a scheme for the increase of the Proprietary as may he considered most adapted to ensure the prompt and great extension of the operations of the Company." ' S. DIBSDALL, Esq., seconded the resolution in a few but pertinent ob servations ; it was then put and carried unanimously. GUPPY, Esq., here rose and begged to express his sense of the Compliment which had been bestowed upon his brother by Mr. Hall and by the meeting, and said that as they seemed to think that his brother's opinion was deserving of weight, he might mention, that I,e knew his brother bad given very much of Isis attention to the sulsject, and that he was of op:nion that iron steamers not less than the Great lVezt.:l - 4 would be found in every way preferable. PORT NATAL. Rortuar Baturr, Esq., on rising was received a ith loud cheers. He said—although from my connection with the Company I am precluded from taking any prominent part in the proceedings, yet I air still most happy that I have been present on this occasion ; never shall I forget that it was one when the citizens of Bristol. convened by their Chief Magistrate, met together to rejoice in that succa-s which I believe is henceforth to flow in upon them witaout limit. The situation in which we stand seems strange and bewildering : six short months ago Bristol was almost unknown in the commercial world, now she is the envy and the admiration of all. London knows that she has now lest the di rect communication with New York, and Liverpool would give her right hard to have your Great Western. Shall she have her ? —(A loud shout of " No, no.") Mr. Bright then read the resolu tion, and continued :—On this resolution, I shall offer no cum_ ment, this is not the most convenient time to discuss its details, but let such a notion as this be once adapted by such a respectable meeting as the present, and the question between Bristol and the Dock Company is at once settled. It would be little fitting to introduce any discordant topic into a meeting which seems to b's assembled under more hallowed and more spiritastirring influences than ordinary. To see a hemisphere hitherto separated from us by a long and perilous voyage, and not long since doubtfully visited even by the enterprising merchant himself, row brought within a short, a safe, and easy distance, goes far to realise cur most sanguine dreams. The associations con nected with the change ai e, too, most peculiar; it is the descen. dants of our own forefathers driven from their country for con. science sake whom we nosy visit. Remote but not separated, distinct but not alienated, your wondrous ship seemed to bear to them an invocation from the tombs of their ancestors, and they rose up at once and clssped to their hearts their brothers.—(Cheers.) Would you could all have mixed as I did with those wonderful men whom your ship brought over; they were animated with but one feeling, a feeling, as it were, that they were visiting their long.lost but tint forgotten land. "I am for Scotland," cried one, " the tartan of my clan still flutters amongst its hills ;" " My mother," said another, "came front Bristol, and here, will I remain ;" " and I." echoed a third, "ant going to rove through the lovely scenery of a neighbouring county, which contains the churchyard where repose the bones of my kindred, and the church which holds the heraldic bearings so dear to my heart." But it was not only the sympathies of kindred which were excited, the most precious fraialit wafted over the Atlantic was a nose. gay of the choicest flowers of America destined for the Queen of Eng. land, nor a forced tribute paid, but the ready pledge of chivalry of that mighty nation to the loveliest gent of this.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. B. then concluded by aakilig if any one would second his resolution ? G. W. FRANKLYN, Esti , rose to second it with much pleasure, and said he ought to apu!ogiso for intruding a second time, but alter what he had heard he must beg that his name might be at once put down for a few shares in the new Comt , any.—(Lobd cheers.) J. B. CLARK, Esq., propose.; a vote of th.,nks to C. Claxton, Esq , which was carried unanimr.usly. C. CLAXTON, Esq., in returning t hanks, said he had received a commu. location from a highly respectable gentleman that a plan had been:laid be. fore Government, and approved of, in which it was proposed to make Bristol the depot for steam communication to all parts of the world; and they were ready at once to put twenty-seven steamers on the station. What was the reaion for that, but that the Government was now con vinced by the suce,s.i of the Great Western that Bristol was the best w;.;.stern port. From the many interesting details of the departure of the Great Wes tern from Ncw Yolk, in the courier and Inquirer of May 8, Mr. Claxton read the following : " Wilen last seen, she was gliding majestically over the waves, while a dark column of vapour matked her way to the horizon. Succ,ss at tend her! A nobler zu.d more gratifying pageant than that of yesterday was never witnessed in New York. The importance of the great era, in our intercourse with the Old World, produced by the steam navigation of the Atlantic by the Great Western of Bristol, appears to have been duly appreciated by the peo; le of this city, and has been duly comme morate!." Mr. C'aston also read the following extract from speech of Canning at Lit erpool, Ms en years ago .-- " What should we think of the philosopher, who, in writing at the pre sent day, a treatise en nasal architecture and the theory of navigation, should omit wholly from his caL•ulation that new and mighty power, new at least in the appication of ifs might, which walks the waters like a giant rejoicing in its course. stemming alike the tempest and the tide; acce'erating intr:rcourse, shertening distances ; creatim.; as it were un expected neighbourhoods, anti new combinations of social and commer. cial relations, and giving to the fickleness of the winds and faithlessness of the waves, the certainty and steadiness of a highway upon the land." _ . The Mayon then left Mc Chair, which was taken by I). Cave, Esq., when a vote of thanks was passed to his \‘;'orship by acclamation, which he having acknowledged, the meeting separated at nearly three o'clock. BUTCHERY _9F__ COLONISTS AT We mentioned yesterday, the reeeint of Graham's town papers, Cape of Good Hope, to the 9th of March, from which we made a short extract concerning a dreadful massacre at Port Natal. Since then, we have been favoured with papers from Cape Town, to April 9th ; and from Graham's town to March 22d ; which hove put us in jaissession of some further particulars of the transaction, and enable us to lay before our readers a succinct but imperfect history of it. Port Natal lies a few dais sail to the eastward of the Cape of Gocd Hope, on the coast of Africa, and is in the possession of an indepen dent Chief of the Zola tribe, called Dingaan. Within a few yee.ts, this port has been visited :aid settled by the English, in cluding some missionaries, and particularly by Capt. Gardiner, w ho was there to a very late period, and who has strongly recom mended that the spot should be obtained from Dingaan, and eo!onhied. Ile has, in fact, made attempts to establish a co lony there, and been partia:ly successful. A few weeks ago, a meeting of the Cape of Gaud Hope merchants was held on the subject, in the City of London ; but it was, we believe, merely preparatory, anti is not now likely to lead to any further at • tempts on the r part, to immediately promote the colonization of that part of Africa. Dingaan has professed himself at tached to the Eu-opcans, and has made or pretended to make grants of Port N,Aal and the surrounding country to several of them, including Captain Gardiner. At the Cape of Good Hope, as well as in this country, the rrant flattering accounts of the fertility of Port Natal, and of the friendlinesS of Dingaan, have been somewhat profusely published, and there they have had a very considerable, indeed, an extraor dinary c ffeet. From a variety of causes, such as the influx of British settlers, the manumission of the slaves, the restraints of a strict law, aid the Government of foreigners, conducted unhappily like the Government of most of our colonies, with short sighted partiality and favour, the Dutch boors, the original European settlers in the neighbourhond of Cape Town have latterly become alarmed and discontented. About the month of Oetuber last, we believe, a considerable number of them, not less than 1,500, including women, chil dren, and servants, headed by Peter Retief, emigrated from the colony, and with all t h e i r catt l e an d h ou sehold, passed into the territory of Dinga an , i n or d er t o es t a blish themselves in the neighbourhood of Port N ata l. S o extens i ve was the emigra tion, that Cape Tout has suffered ia its supply of provi sions, which have latterly riseu much in price. We have heard that a desire fur politizal independence was at the bottom of the new emigration, and that Peter Retief and his friends, affronted and displeased by ;he conduct of the British Govern ment at the Cape, had resolved to found a new republic of United Provinces in the country of the Zoolas. The Graham's Town Journal of March 22, says— " With most heartfelt sorro w do we d e pl o re that our fellow colonists should, from any circumstances, h tve been induced to place themselves in such a distressing and precarious situa tion ; and more especially do we lament this, when we are convinced that by a conciliatory hue of proceeding the whole might have been avoided, and the colony—instead of being torn to pieces by commotion—have been united, prosperous, and happy. Despite of the proverbial apathy of the Dutch character, still let that people be trifled with beyond a certain point, and all the latent energy they possess will be roused to resistance. They will endure much ; but then they are no less doggedly obstinate when once determined, than patient under difficulties which cannot be easily avoided. The emigration of the Dutch inhabitants from this colony is one of the most striking etnn's of the present day. To find so large a body of people simultaneously abandoning the country of their birth, plunging with their flocks and herds into a trackless wilderness, and voluntarily placing themselves in collision with savage tribes, ere events which cannot fail to excite the utmost interest and surprise, and must naturally force inquiry into the cause of such a desperate undertaking. Let then the Government of the country at once enter upon this inquiry with all that temper and discretion which will be so essential to its full developement : let them not g i ve weight to inflammatory statements on e ith er s id e , b ut l e t them ex nmine the case on its own merits, an d i n a ll it s b e arings, and they will percha nce dis cover , t h at th e w h o l e procee ding has been occasioned by th e i r own a p at hy an d m i sta k es i n the first instance, and that aft e r war d s thi s em i grat i on h as o perated as a safety-valve to the country at large." It is the wandering colonists, thus spoken of, who have been treacherously and barbarously murdered. 'I hey reached the Zoola country early in the year, and were at first favourably received. It appears, says the journal sac have just quoted— '. It appears that two persona named,Duplooy and B ro nkhorst, have returned from the L eeeer or encampment, and who state that after the emigrants had passed the mountains and entered the Natal country, it was resolved, that Retief, with a party of sixty men should repair to the kraal of the Look Chief, for the purpose of concluding definitiv e engagements as to the territory in which the farmers prop ose d, to establi,h themselves, and some other matters which had riot been fully decided. On the departure of Retief, it was deemed impor• taut by these more in advance, to fail back upon the rear divi sion under Maretz, and which they accordingly did; }tut atilt they were fir too widely scattered, as well as too confiding in the good faith and professions of friendihip of the natives of the country. It seems that a few days after Retief's depar ture. the Zoolas suddenly made a night attack upon the en , flew to their e a e y's aroused, a m c ar a rn m s p , m a e n n d t. con T in h ae o n se ce i d n e. those In firtog,frnt wiiehreirro speedily the rear; but still the assailants were not repulsed until 115 of the emigrants, comprising men, women, and children, had fallen by the murderous spear and knife of the barbarians. Many of the assailants fell, however, in this rencounter ; and they were pursued so hotly the next day by Maretz that the sheep which had been taken in the first instance were rata vered, and a considerable number of the Zoola force slain. The emigrants subsequently received information from the Natal settlers that Retief and all his party had been cut off by order of Dingaan. It is also stated, that the farmers were collecting their forces—that Maretz had already commenced active operations against the enemy, and that but one feeling pervaded the whole of the emigrants, viz., a burning desire to avenge the savage slaughter of their ill-fated countrymen." Of the circumstances of the massacre, which the Graham's Town journal says test on mere rumour, the latest arrivals at the Cape give the following particulars . PORT NATAL, 12-17TH MARCH, 1838. MY DEAR letter, per Mary, found us in a simi lar situation as your last did, with four walls or a camp, not from fear of art immediate attack from the Zoolas, but as a matter of precaution. I have an awful tale to tell of the base treachery of Dingaan, by which I have lost my beloved son, nho fell a victim on the 17th February, in the attack of the Zoolas upon the Boers' waggons. Retief, with 60 Boers and their " achter (behind) riders," in all about 100 men, arrived at Dingaan's on the 3d February, with the cattle which they had retaken. From the best accounts it seems they arranged matters satisfactorily with the tyrant, who gave them the whole of the Natal country, notwithstanding he had given it away so often. They had saddled up to return, when they were invited to take leave of him, and to take some refreihmen', but were TAE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1818. told not to bring their guns with them. While in the act of drinking beer and milk, they were suddenly seized, and dragged about half a mile to their place of execution. Re tie( was then taken apart, and kill d first ; they then fell upon the rest, and with knob-kieries (snicks) murdered them all. One young man of Port Natal (Thomas Halstead) had been cm- Ployed as Interpreter, and was privately informed of their in tention, and we hear did tell R( tief and Party of what he had been informed, but they put no faith in it, as Dingaan had been so kind to them. He having his fears, carried his open knife, and, when about being seized, stabbed one Zcola through the throat, and gave another a deep wound in his side. He was kept a spectator of the murder of the Boers, and then shared their fate. After this dismal tragedy Dingaan dispatched a Commando to surprize the Boers. The news did not reach me until the 13th, when, in the utmost alarm for the safety of my dear George, I instantly dispatched two trusty men with a letter, to apprise him of the sad event, and to communicate the sad tale to the Boers, but Providence had ordered it otherwise. They did not reach the camp until the day after the surprise, which took place on the dawn of the 17th February. The Boers were quite unprepared, never contemplating an attack from that quarter. The numbers killed we have not heard—the rivers being full, our communication with them has been cut off. How they could have been so fatally blind to their danger is much to be wondered at. That Dingaan meant to kill the Boers whenever he could, there is abundant proof. Retief and his party owed their safety on a former occasion to the refusal of a Chief, to whom Dingaan had given orders to kill them, and for r,hich refusal he was nearly destroyed by Dingaan, and obliged to fly to this place for safety. I wrote to Retief, to caution him to be on his guard, and he had warnings from other quarters not to place too much con fidence, but all proved unavailing—they arc gone to " that bourne from which no traveller returns." Peace to their manes ! The massacre took place on the 6th February. A Com mando from the place sets off to-day to co-operate v.ith the Boers. My lameness prevents my accompanying it, and the death of my son at present overpowers me. I remain to command this place. • • • The departure of the Ameri can Nlissionaries creates no other uneasiness, than that their return to the Colony will give a darker tint to our present un settled state. We shall feel no loss to our society, as they exclusively confined their labours to the Black population, and with very little success, whatever they may say to the contrary. We (tally receive deserters, vrho report the Zoola nation in great confusion, from their severe defeat, the Boers having, on recovering from the suddenness of the attack, killed vast numbers. Dingaan has called out the whole nation, but our in formants state their refusal to renew the attack, alleging that " It was of no use to go ag.'inst a people they could not get at ; as they were killed before they could get near enough to stab." The critical arrival of the Mary with lead has put all into good spirits, as we had little indeed before she came. Of gunpowder tine have al ample stock. • • • On the night of the surprze. the Boers took a Zoola prisoner, from whom they learned the fate of Retief's party. He enume rated to one of my Coffers the names of the ten Zoola regi ments which made the attack, and as they are composed of about 1,000 each, the force employed must have been about 10,000 men. Captain Gardiner received a letter from Lord Glenclg de clining to acknowledge this place, and afford him any support. I beg of you not to be led ata ay by any absurd accounts the Missionaries may give of this place—they must of course tell a fine tale to excuse their hasty flight. The Ligonier, by her charter, was to remain twenty-one days after her arrival, and she is to be kept on until the arrival of the Comet, so that they had a place of safety to fly to if n e c e s sar y. O ur Commando left on the 13th in the direction of the Boers, not to join but co-operate with them. I was disappointed in the turn out, which I expected would bc greater. It amounted to about 1,000 men, of which 250 had arms. You shall hear further from me per Ligonier, in the mean time you are at liberty to make what use you please of this letter. PORT NATAL, March 20, 1: , 35. Since my last, Natal has been paralyzed with the intelligence of the treacherous massacre by Dingaan of Re.tief and his party. It appears that Rctief, who had succeeded against the Batuan Chief, went to Dingaan accompanied by 60 &Ars and 40 out-riders, to deliver up the cattle, &c., taken (700 cattle, 30 guns, and about 60 or 70 horses), and to treat about land. Dingaati promised every thing they required, and to the last moment seemed most friendly. On the 6th February, as they were preparing to saddle up. he proposed their taking milk, &e„ and he would order his people to dance to amuse them. Whilst dancing, :his people (about 2,000) alternately advanced and retreated. Upon a signal from Dingaan, they suddenly rushed upon the Boers, and drag ged them across the river, and there killed them by twisting their necks. Thomas Halstead, an old English resident, who acted as Interpreter, shared the same fate. Dingaan im. mediately ordered his people off, to attack the Boers' en campment, which they succeeded in doing in the night (17th February), killing about '2OO, mostly women and children. They were eventually beaten off, after many of' their number had been killed. The whole of the inhabitants of Natal, who could possibly leave, have gone to join the Boers i❑ an attack upon Din gaan, %tho has assembled his forces for a counter attack upon us and them. The whole of the American Missionaries, their people and Captain Gardiner, leave per Mary. The Rev. Mr. Owen has decided to wait for the Comet,— r.ll here hourly expecting an attack. While writing, a messenger has arrived from our Com mando, stating that they have met three Boers who were on their raid to us to request our assistance against Dingann ; they were well pleased to see our muster, and immediately re turned with our Commando to their camp, to proceed at once in company against the Zoolas." We have nothing later than this, and when we obtain any further information on this unfortunate and interesting occur rence, we shall lay them before our readers. COURT CIRCULAR. her Majesty rode on horseback yesterday afternoon for three hours, attended by Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lady Theresa Digby, Miss Quentin, Lord Lilford, Earl of Uxbridge, Hon. Colonel Caren. dish, Sir Frederick Storm!), Colonel Wemyss, and Lord Alfred Paget. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty had a dinner party last evening at the New Palace. Amongst the company were the Austrian Ambassador, Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, Count and Countess Chorinski, Count Nicholas Esterhazy, Count and Countess Creppi, Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Earl of Liverpool and Lady Louisa Jenkinson, Earl and Countess Cowper, Lord and Lady Ashley, I.ady Fanny Cowper, Duke of Argyll, Earl of Bel. fait, and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yeiter. day, at Marlborough House. _ _ The Duchess of — Gloucester visited the Duchess of Cambridge yester. day, at Cambridge House. The Duke of Cambridge was present yesterday at the anniversary meeting of the charity schools of the metropolis in St. Paul's Cathedral. Ills Royal Highness the Millie of Sussex, the Earl o(Derby, Earl of Mu!grave, and Mr. Nicholls, had interviews yesterday with Viscount Melbourne in Downing street. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-of fice. It was attended by all the Ministers except Viscount Duncanuon and Viscount Howick. The Council sat two hours. The Neapolitan Minister transacted business yesterday at the Fo reign.office. Despatches from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and Van Diemen's Land were received yesterday at the Colonial-office The Marquis of Anglesey had a dinner party on Wednesday evening. Amongst the company were the Prince of Capua, Earl and Countess de Grey, Earl and Countess of Tankerville, Viscount and Viscountess Sid ney, Lords Sandwhich and Levescn, and the Hon. Mr. Ponsonby. MRS. ALFRED SHAW'S CONCERT. Mrs. A. Shaw gave her annual concert yesterday morning, at the Hanover-square Rooms, which was attended by a numerous and ex. tremely fashionable, although not crowded audience. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duchess of Gloucester were present. The grand attractions were Madame Cinti Damoreau, the newly arrived prima donna, and M. Doehler, the cele brated performer on the piano forte. Besides these popular artists, M. Heinerneyer, whose great talents are equally deserving of public appro bation, played a solo on the flute, and Madame Dulcken took part with M. Doehler, in a M.S. duet for two piano fortes, composed by Hummel, a magnificent treat. Mrs. Alfred Shaw herself sang several of her must successful arias, and Signor Ivanhoff took his part in a grand duetto from Guillaume Tell, with Cinti Damoreau, and sang his favourite aria, from Lucia di Lammermoor, " Fra poco." Madame Damoreau does not ap pear to us to have changed in the slightest degree from what she was on her last visit to this country. Her singing is still distinguished by that exquisite taste and variety of expression, and that facility and brilliancy, with which she luxuriates in the most difficult of vocal feats, with an ease anti grace that appear almost miraculous. Tier voice, however, sweet and clear as it is, has not the power which some of the great singers have been enabled to throw out. We do not complain of this, but we a pprehend her success with the public at large may not be aided by it. She was on this occasion most cordially received and enthusiastically applauded. Amongst the singers at the concert were Miss Birch, Mdlle. Placci, Mr. 15trIttton, and Me Parry, jun., who each added to the effect of the concert by their exertions. The first named lady gave Gugli elini's " Gratias Agimus" in a ♦ery chaste and finished style, and was inimitably accompanied by Mr. Willman on the clarionet. A solo on the violencella by Mr. Lidel, although neatly and feelingly played was not to our taste, inasmuch as we are accustomed to hear a far better quality of tone produced from this instrument by our own countrymen. Sterndall Bennett's beautifully characteristic overture ".aides" (con ducted by himself) opened the concert, but had the ill fortune, as it has on more than one occasion on which we have heard it, not to go so well as it ought; it was, however, notwithstanding this d,awback, loudly applauded. Mr. Mori led the band, and the conductor vii,s Sir George Smart. An overland mail will he dispatched to the East Indies, via Malta, on Saturday, the Pth ofJune. Every day furnishes us with fresh proof of the fallacy of the oft-repeated assertion, that the abuses in the old administration of the Poor-laws in the North of England were trivial, and that the new law is not needed there. By the accounts of the Ulverstone Union, just printed, we find that a saving of thirty-five per cent. has been effected in the expenditure of the year eti:ling Lady Day, 1839, compared with the average annual expenditure of the : 11ree years preceding the formation of the union. The most gratifying accou, •ts reach us of the humane atte n. tion of the'Board of Guardians of the 111 s• -tone Union to the claims of the poor, the meritorious and deserving amonget' . Nom—the sick and th e • infirm—find their condition m uc h improved under ti., New Poor Law. —Lancaster Guardian. A GRENADIER AT EyLAu.--At a few pat;.,_ from us we espied an old Grenadier. His face was blackened by gun powder, and the blood was streaming down his clothes. His left arm had been carried away by a bomb-shell. The man was hurrying to fall into the ranks. " Stay, stay, my good fellow," said the Emperor, "go and get your wound dressed—go to the ambulance."—" I will," replied the Grenadier, " when we have taken the Church," arid we immedi ately lest sight of him. I perceived the tears glistening in the Em peror's eyes, and he turned aside to conceal them.—Recollections of Cau. liacourt, Duke of Vicenza, The publication of THE SUN NEwsI•APER commenced this day at 25 minutes past Three o' Clock. LONDON : FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1838. The House of Lords made considerable progress last night with the Irish Poor-law Bill. Before going into Committee: L,.r.1 FITZGERALD and VESCI addressed the House at soma lenga, and explained certain amend. ments which it is Lis intention to move on va rious clauses of the Bill. These amendments em braced, Ist, tl.e apprenticing of orphans and deserted children, which he thought the Guardians should have power to do ; 2d, the placing of the medical charities under the control of the Comm'ssioners ; 3d, the arrange ments by the Government oF a plan of emigration in aid of the Poor-law; 4th, an alteration in the mode in which tenants, paying under 31. of yearly rent, are relieved front assessment to the poor-rate, and which he conceived to be liable to great abuse ; and sth, the permissive, instead of the compulsory residence of one of the Commissioners in Dublin for the purpose of carrying the Bill into effect. Lord MELBOURNE made a few observations in reply to the Noble Lord, but as the discussion of these amendments would have been premature and irregular, it was postponed until the respective clauses shall be before the Committee, and the House proceeded to take into consideration those of which the Duke of WELLINGTON had previously given notice. _ _ _ The first of the Noble Duke's amendments had for its object to give more specific directions to the Commis sioners and Guardians in the distribution of relief, by enjoining them to relieve destitute orphan children, and such other destitute persons, as, from age or infirmity may be unable to work, in prefe rence to the able-bodied. It was apprehended that the amendment might give that which was not intended by the Bill, namely, a right to relief on the part of the able bodied poor ; but, on the assurance of the LORD CHAN CELLOR that it would have no such effect, the relief of all classes of paupers being equally at the discretion of the Commissioners, it was agreed to. Th e Duke of WELLINGTON next proposed that a register-book should; be kept in each workhouse, for entering the name and description of every person admitted and relieved. This amendment was considers] of importance, and was assented to without much discus sion. The last of the Noble Duke's amendments related to the mode of localizing the expense incurred for the main tenance of the poor. It enjoins the Board of Guardians to cause accounts to be kept of the expense incurred for the poor belonging to each electoral district within the union, and to charge each particular district with its own expense. It also permits the Guardians of two or more electoral divi sions to agree to bear in common the expense of maintaining the poor of their respective divisions. We regard this as a most important improvement in the machinery of the measure, asit will have the effect of making tile landowners and farmers in the different localities look after the able-bodied poor, and endeavour to find for them that employment, the want of 1-;ch is the chief cause of their destitution. Ireland is IV.. . 'obted to the Duke of WELLINGTON for the into much l'as taken in a measure so intimately con rest which ho "•• , •e prosperity. All the alterations netted with h er W k._ - ,1, and some of them great, which he has proposed are improvements. SPEAKER'S T.. 4.1." . casting vote negatived the apj itmcnt of a Government Engineer, to ascertain and report the best line for a communication by Railway between Lent;Pn and G las g c "' through Edinburg;,. This was the first vote s,-_iven by the Right Honourable Gentleman since the commencexent of the present Session, and sorry we are that we cannot con gratulate him upon it. Too much importance cannot be attached to a question which regards the connecting together, by the distance of a few hours travel, the' capitals of We kingdoms so identified in interests, sympathies, and political impressions, yet so varied in habits, manners, and forms of religious worship, as England and Scotland. A r ailway between London and Edinburgh ought not to be regarded wholly and exclusively in a commercial point of view, like a railway between Birmingham and Lee:is. If well esta bliihed, it will be productive of many direct as well awed.lateral moral advantages ; and we cannot be p ersu notwithstanding all that was urged by the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade about leaving such undertakings to the exclusive management of the ComP 3 nies immediately interested in them, that it is not the duty of the Government to prescribe the course of all lines of Railroad, essential to the speediest communication from anY one Capital of the three Kingdoms to another. 'lbis coud. be effected with the strictest regard to the interests ot. commerce ; while at the same time it would sp are rival Companies an expenditure of thousands, uselessly thrown away only to entail ruin upon small capitalists. We are glad to see the Herald of this morning iltyler‘ take the defence of the Church, which much needs some defenders. It is peculiarly unfortunate, however, in quota ing the deficiency of the Church in the metropolis, as proof that it is rather the want, than the e xcess of the Church which has caused the fanaticism at Canterbury, because in the latter neighbourhood, the Church 15 ant abundant. Here, and in the great ma nuf a cturing anti commercial cities, where the Church is most deficie nt ' fanaticism is in the least proportion, and it is most prevalent where the Church is, as at Canterbury, most in abundattec'room We cannot displace our articles of intelligence t o make for en article of controversy to-day,or it could be easily show n that the doctrines of the Church, with its weekly tcach il ? and its discouragement of inquiry into facts , lay t he g roup"' work of that fanaticism, the existence of which our Cou' a temporary, in common with us, deplores. We shall fin an opportunity, we hope, to discuss the subject ; rn t" meantime we will remind our Contemporary o f the D°l.- chaster labourers. The instant they made an a ttemPt t ° get out of the slough of ignorance and poverty in which tbc, et great mass of the agricultural labourers in the south re " England are so deeply immersed, the law, as a dministere, by county magistrates, including reverend m a g istrate" pouncedcourage i upon crs t t o h c a m e q , u a i r n e d k t o ey ss. - e w d e g r e e ) (we tran sspuopr pose to e 0 : 0 te d to t" other side of the globe. - -'" We call public attention to the report which W e i received by express of a very important meeting , he t `'' e h; terda3. at Bristol, to promote steam navigation 1)( 1 ° 55 Atlantic. It has, in our estimation, a double importa—e' both on account of the physical improvement it is to Pr ° ; mote, and the moral improvement which the enlarged vie,hsc, and highly philosophical sentiments of several of speakers will be sure to effect. It is pleasing to us to entier that the enlightened citizens of Bristol appreciate still high than the commercial advantages of such improonebts: the proud results they are likely to have for humanitY'vzi):, binding in interminable friendship and peace, the mos t „, vanced nations of the new and the old world. T o such a P.r; gress we look with hope to supply the best redeorrectiv of the monstrous ignorance and fanaticism , which, 5 n ifest by the influence of the clergy and country gen tlemen has lately, to tic disArace of the empire, been maet.. around the cathedral city, and in the mids t of the sr;"g studded neighbourhood of Canterbury. The free-think°l3 and enterprizing inhabitants of our comm ercial cities, 'To their proud undertakings, go a long way to relieve the country from the stigma cast on it by the vassals 0f t Church and of the landed gentry ; and the y i,n der2i ° Reverend Gentlemen putting to death, according to la n, the unhappy victims of the delusion s the y encourage, r11"‘" us more than ever admire the noble mind of England. The scientific gentleman so pointedly alluded to by th e speakers at the meeting is we believe Dr. LAIWNER, wb ° some time ago laboured, but happily for the country most unsuccessfully, to persuade Our enterprizing merchants, th at to traverse the Atlantic by steam - vessels was n ot practicable. This is only one of the errors of those scientific men whom it is fashionable for our Legislature to encourage by pen sions and honours, while the courageous commercial enter: prize, which sets the doctrines of th e learned at nangb and convicts them of error, is still subject to restrietio; and taxes, and is not unfrequently ch ecked b y the tern or the contempt of our land-owning law makers. •Brusscls and German pap 0 ers of the lates t dates "17:0 reached us this morning. The- following e xtracts f ure navalfar will be found interesting. Politic al speculators 01 far from agreed respecting the destinati on of the a ding to armament just fitted out by the Porte. A ccor t it someits destination is Tunis, but others maintain tila Croy I will sail for Alexandria to question the Egyp tion V the respecting his movements in Assyria, and to insist up payment of the tribute—now considerably in arrear at / BaussEt.s, JUNE 6 —M. V. Tract set out again f or PATiEI, Wittbeheti speed, preceded by a courier; a Cabinet messenger was also of dig' d to London. The German Courier has a letter which agirms that the hirers Paris Paris and London have strenuously supported the objections hY J 3e a g , to to those clauses of the treaty of the twenty.four articles whic h Tet on the e the partition of the territory, these objections being founded teoll tardy consent of the King of Holland. During the interchange of 'l,...eontier. French Government sent some troops towards the Northern frontier, not on account of the affair of Strasser], which none of the grea t s e rred' approved ; not to serve the Belgians, as some French wipers tt• I nc e. nor because any, doubt was entertained of the sentiments of Prussia, but because little confidence was placed in the P 3 °, 6° , 0 0 0 nations of King William, as Baron Verston van Soelen is sat i " n d colt' declared, on the assent of King Wiliam to the treaty, that 1 4 ° 1 _ 13 ,, d iAtell ceived itself entitled to take Venloo by force if it were not inin' y oeet s evacuated by the Belgians. As for Luxemburg, the Gre i a t de in the seem to be unanimously of opinion that no change can be h 3 , r ese°"‘ houndaries without the consent of the Cerman Die t • The c o t his 113. dent of the German journal guarantees the source fr om whic formation is derived. iss CON3CANTINOPLE, MAY 6.—Great exertions are MAI L .; se' Arsenal to equip the fleet, which has orders to be ready to P:•,,,(tY, The accounts from Egypt seem to be the motive for o'e 3e gs i n dri" being affirmed that a powerful squadron has sailed fromte° with orders to cruise on the Asiatic coast. It is said , indeed. ` : a'sailY!' French Consul at ALorandria has written to Admiral Bouisi", a 8 bow' him that the squadron had not sailed with any hostile intentio° bow' the Porte, but mrrely for the practice of the crews. The r er , t e e e' es ,srl e ever, does not trust these assurances, and therefore takes the looppisolr measures to oppose every hostile act of its dreaded rival. t v ice, the Turkish seamen are undisciplined, and ignorant of th e ' C' t ee it that it may be foreseen that any serious action would be t° . 5 e advantage of the Turks. The service in the Egyptian navl re ' c ol; organised on the French system, and most of the ships 5 0 ,,t, / 4 : 0 , mended by French officers The ill will of Al elle n „, towards the Sultan, which he hitherto had pretty well cen ce f„ manifests itself as the insurrection in Syria is suppressed• . 1%) ( - of 5O h.O therefore, is not in the wrong to be on his guard. A P r°° „pli little Mehemet respects the Porte i s, that he has refused to C°l" „wet' the Sultan's firman, which directs that various articles $ 1411 , 1' 4 %0 dij a t3 r; and imported tree of duty, an which Mehemet has imposes, - in ,rte r - e, He again refuses to pay his tribute which is now four m ont , ' oo He continues to raise recruits, and now meets ' vit .? re o po sistance. It is said that he intends to iecrease his arm , a d men, which proves the falsehood of the statements that he struCt "' undis cmand. los T er he accounts from Greece are satisfactory. The SOW.' erttnid) his ambassa tors at Vienna and Berlin, to take eve! ! %l3"'' and to seeing the Emperor Nicholas during his vis its to Geth l I:is h sure him of the friendship which he entertains for hin, the Ta r o r VIENNA, Mar Effendi, Second Secretary o f t be Ambassador, was drowned yesterday in the Danube. T bc ir „) cao h° ,or this suicide (a thing almost unparalleled among the Tur'' ‘ ' vt , 01 0 known, but it is conjectured that ardent longing after his own cOl no% . was the cause that led him to seek death in the waves th , ro arine 6o , his native shores. The Archduke Ferdinand, of Este, i s 1 1 : 4 0itarY return to Limburg to resume his functions as Civil and vernor of Galicia. burgh; VIENNA, an 3 E I A n ;b 2 s 9 h . "— e courier ol s, Kaiserling who was at the head•quarters of pen c ar 1 01; through Vienna on his way to Berlin. „ r cot" -ftaigs VIENNA, MAT 2.9.—Five per Cents., 107; Four P ei Zeh- Three per Cents., 82i ; Bank Shares, I ,450.—Alltaz" June 3 hasian courier setut forhas acrorni v s gi n ( f i rnog ib,,, t a 5 . rrceaotocurc:t rEi GI AN I. UNDS—BRussEcs. Joys 6 5 04 Actual Dtlat, 2Si per Cent. ..... ........... 112 Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cont. .................. Loan of Thirty Millions ........................... Loan of City, 1922. 4 per Cent .................. 150 Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent ................ Hank of 11..dgium, 5 per Cent.... .............. 131 i National Society —Brussels Papers , June 6. Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 30th ult.baso'e, come t o hand. The Finance Comm ittee bad then Prod flounced the rejection of M. GARCIAS'•Ioan prop osal, was a b ou t to take that of M. AGUADO into c onsidera tiv The Cortes were still busy with the Ti•he Bill. Several persons, including INGLADA, suspected o f I tbe a murder of General QUEsADA, have been apprchendcu Madrid. Had they not boasted o penly of their guilt it supppoed that the authorities would have taken no notice of them. The Paris Paper of Wednesday , the whole of w hich N o have received, bring the opening of the debate Chamber of Deputies on the extraordinary credit 0' 18,171,408 frs., demanded b y the- Government for COn: tingent expenses in Africa. We should content. ourselvoo NEWSPAPER STAMPS. (From the Parliamentary Returns.) A Reu.rn of the Number of NEWSPAPER STAMPS at One Penny and One halfpenny issued to the several News papers in England, Scotland, and Wales, from the Ist De cember 1837 to the 31st of March 1838 inclusive ; specifying each Newspaper by Name, and the Number of Stamps issued each Month during that period to each Newspaper. EXTRACT. , LONDON EVENING NEWSPAPERS. The Sun... Dec. 1837 102,000 Jan. 1838 lll,OOO Feb. 1833 96,000 Mar. 1838 lll,OOO Standard... Dec. 1837-- ...... 78,000 Jan. 1838 105,000 Feb. 1838 lOO,OOO Mar. 1838 lOO,OOO 420,000 -- 383,000 Globe Dec. 1837 72,000 Jan. 1838 90,000 Feb. 1838 72,000 Mar. 1838 72,000 '.'ouricr Dec. 1837 31,000 Jan. 1838 39,000 Feb. 1838 33,000 Mar. 1838 33,000 806,000 136,000 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 5) minutes after 2 I Evening . STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BRISTOL AND NEW YORK. At a PUBLIC MEETING of the MERCHANTS, BANK ERS, and CITIZENS of BRISTOL, held the 7th June, 1833, in the The Right Worshipful JOHN KERLE HABERFIELD, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair. The following resolutions were passed unanimously : Moved by D. CAVE, Esq., and seconded by C. PINNEY, Esq. Ist. " That this City hails with delight the. opening of Steam Communication between Great Britain and the United States of America, as the certain means of drawing closer the intimacy and of promoting the prosperity and happiness of both countries.' Moved by 'l. K. BAYLEY, Esq., High Sheriff of Bristol, and seconded by P. F. AIKEN, Esq. N. " That, whilst justly proud of having been the point in which this mode of connexion between the Old and the New World has taken its rise, Bristol is deeply sensible that the signal success of her enterprise is mainly to be attributed to the warm feeling with which its accomplishment was received on the shores of Ame rica ; and this City most gratefully and eagerly acknowledges the generous kindness and splendid hospitalities showered upon the ' Great Western,' by the Government, the Civic Authorities, and the Inhabitants of the United States." Moved by G. W. FRANKLIN, Esq., and seconded by SAMUEL WARING, Esq. 3d. " That the Mayor be requested to communicate the fore going resolutions to our brethren of the United States, now hap pily brought again into close approximation to the country of our common origin." Moved by J. B. CLAuxr:, Esq., and seconded by WM. TOTISILL, Esq. 4th. " That, turning to considerations of a local nature, this city is roost deeply impressed with the benefits which will accrue to it from becoming the great point of communication between London, the Continent of Europe, and the New World, and with the con viction that those benefits are now placed within its grasp by the bold attempt and well-merited success of the Great Western Steam Ship Company." Moved by J. E. LuNELL, Esq., and seconded by .T. HAantsc, Esq. sth. " That the thanks of the inhabitants are due to the Great Western Steam Ship Company, and that this Meeting calls upon all interested in the welfare of Bristol, to support it in its splendid enterprise, that industry might find new channels of employment— that the value of property may be re-established, and the ancient repute of the city restored." Moved by G. W. HALL, and seconded by S. DIBSDALE, Esq., 6. " That a Committee be formed consisting of the Chairman and the Movers and Seconders of these Resolutions, with power to add to their numbers, to carry into effect the spirit of the above Resolutions, by who.n a tender of co-operation shall be made to the Directors in such a scheme for the increase of the Proprietary as may be considered most adapted to ensure the prompt and great extension of the operations of the Company." Moved by R. BLIGHT, Esq., seconded by G. W. FRANKLIN, Esq. " 7. That this meeting most earnestly entreats the Directors of the Dock Company to take into their immediate consideration the means of affording encouragement to the operations of the Great Western Steam Chip Company, by such remission of dues and such increased accommodation, as may render this port the most econo mical and convenient, as it is the best in situation, for Western arrivals and departure. Thereby to ensure to it the permanent possession of the line of steam communication so happily com menced to the universal benefit of Bristol, and which, if now lost, no enterprise or expenditure can regain ; and that the Mayor be respectfully requested to be the medium of communicating this re solution to the Board of Dock Directors." Moved by J. B. CLARKE, Esq., seconded by J. HAantNc, I?,sq., 8. That the thanks of this Meeting be and arc hereby given to Captain Claxton, RN., for the unwearied energy and great ability displayed by him as Managing Director of the Great Western Steam Ship Company. (Signed) J. K. TIABERIFIF:LD, Mayor, Chairman. The Mayor having vacated the Chair, and the same being taken by D. Cave, Esq., It was moved by J. B. CLARKE, Esq., and seconded by R. Butfarr, Esq., That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to the Right Worshipful the Mayor, for his kindness in taking the Chair, and for his efficient conduct of the business of this Meeting. (Signed) D. CAVE, Chairman. TO CORRESPONDENTS. To C.—yes. . 4.. --.:s.' 3`...--r''''‘A'• %; Ir,:- le— -I.:' -6,--4i---- 5.:. ,......rL1,3.>' • ..‘ . .1 .. ,erwat..... • A ,e• f . 4 ".., al' ..\ ;1 4 ":74.) tc: 4, j K ''*)l • WITH WHICH NOW ,t THE TRUE SUN" IS INCORPORATED.